Land and water toy



W. RENDTORFF.

LAND AND WATER TOY. APPLICATION FILED OCT-H1 1920.

Patented Aug. 2, 1921 /MMMQ /;Q

PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER RENDTORFF, OF MAYWOOI), ILLINOIS.

LAND AND WATER TOY.

Applicationfiied' October 11, 1920.

Toall w hom 't' may concern Be it known that I, WALTER Rnnoronrr, acitizen of the United States, residing at Maywood, county of Cook; andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inLand and Water Toys, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a toy which can be used either on land or inthe water, and the principal object of theinvention is to provide a toyof this kind in which land and water wheels are provided for operatingmovable parts upon the toy. The invention consists in the novelconstruction, combination and arrangement of the several parts.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a side elevation of a toyconstructed in accordance with the principles of this invention; Fig. 2is a plan view looking at the bottom of the toy showing the constructionand operating parts; and Fig. 3 illus trates another form of the toy.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the body 1 of the toy ispreferably in the form of an animal which is able to move both upon theland and in the water, such for example, as a crab, an alligator or aturtle, as shown, but of course the body may be of some fanciful designor it may be a boat with wheels, or the like. This body is preferablymade of wood or may be of any buoyant material or construction, so thatit will float in the water. The underside of the body is preferablyhollowed out or formed with a recess 2 on the bottom side thereof,leaving supporting rimsor edges 3 at the sides.

A head 4 and a tail 5, or any other suitable projections may be pivotedwithin the recess 2 at the underside of the body extending therefromthrough appropriate spaces between the rims 3 to permit a. limitedswingin movement.

Mounted on rojections 6 at the sides of the body are paddle wheels 7,secured thereto in any ordinary way by means of an axle 8, with a washer9 interposed between the wheel and its supporting section 6.

Each wheel is formed with a circular disk or rim 10 and with projectingvanes 11 at right angles to the rim. It is obvious that these wheelswill support the body for free rolling movement on the land, and that ifthe body is drawn through the water, the paddle wheels will be rotatedby such movement. For this purpose a hook 12 may be Specification ofLetters Patent.

Serial No. 415,989.

attached to the head or body for fastening a drawing string thereto.

In order to positively oscillate or move the head and tail as the toy ismoved in land or water, these parts may be provided with extensions 1aand 15 which may be connected by means of a bar 16. An additional paddlewheel 17 is mounted in the underside of the body in brackets 18 upon ashaft 19 which has a crank 20 at one end connected by means of a link 21with one or both of the extensions 14: or 15. It is obvious that therotation of this paddle wheel 17 will produce a correspondingmovement ofthe head and tail 4: and 5 through the links 16 and 21.

Instead of the construction shown in Fig. 2, one or both of the oppositepaddle wheels 7 at the sides of the toy may be mounted upon a shaft 22which extends within the recess 2 of the body and this shaft may beprovided with a crank portion 23 connected by means of a link 24, withan extension 25 from the head or tail. It is obvious that thisconstruction will also cause the oscillation of the head or tail, or anyother parts, by the movement of the paddle wheels on land or in thewater.

Although this construction is very simple, it is satisfactory tooperate, because the toy can be drawn directly from the water on to theland or vice versa, and the head and tail continue to move in eitherelement because of the rotation of the combined land and water wheels.It is obvious that other body forms and other operating constructionsmay be adopted without departing from the spirit and scope of myinvention.

I claim:

1. A land and water toy having a buoyant body, and a supporting wheelfor the body upon which the toy may be moved on the land, the wheelbeing provided with projecting vanes which rotate the wheel as the toyis drawn through the water.

2. A wheeled toy havinga buoyant body, a movable member pivoted upon thebody, and a paddle wheel which is rotated by the movement of the toy onland or in water having a crank connection with said member forpositively moving itin accordance with the movement of the wheel.

8. In a wheeled toy of the class described, a body, a paddle wheelrotatable as the toy is moved on the land or in the water, a memberpivoted to the body and projecting Patented Aug. 2, 1921.

therefrom, and means connecting the member with the paddle wheel forpositive oscillating movement 1n accordance with the rotation thereof.

4:. In a wheeled toy, a body, a projecting member pivoted on the bodyfor limited oscillation, a paddle wheel rotatable on the land or in thewater, and means including a crank connecting the paddle wheel and themember for oscillating the projecting member in accordance with therotation of the paddle wheel.

5. In a toy, a body, a head and tail piv- WA TER RENDTORFF.

